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CONSTITUTION. 



ARTICLE FIRST. 

The name of this organization shall be The 
Guadalupe Club, Organized and located in 
the City of Washington, D. C. 

ARTICLE SECOND. 

Section 1. To associate congenial women 
whose eligibility entitles them to membership 
in this Club. 

Sec. 2. To discover and preserve family 
records, otherwise unwritten and unknown re- 
lating to the Mexican War, and to teach rev- 
erent regard for names, history, character, and 
deeds of the patriots of that war, and to com- 
memorate events in its history. 

Sec. 3. To meet together for historical, me - 
morial, and social purposes. 

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ARTICLE THIRD, 

Membership. 

Section 1. Wives, widows, sisters and lineal 
descendants of officers, regular and volunteer, 
of the Army, the Navy, and the Marine Corps, 
who served during the Mexican War in 1846- 
1848 prior to the ratification of the treaty 
of Guadalupe Hidalgo, May 30, 1848. 

Sec. 2. Persons shall be admitted by invi- 
tation only and after investigation as to quali- 
fications for membership. 

Sec. 3. Election by ballot, three negative bal- 
lots shall reject applicants. 

article fourth. 

Dues. 

Section 1. Annual dues shall be one dollar, 
payable in advance, to the Treasurer on or be- 
fore November fifteenth of each j-ear. 

Sec. 2, Members in arrears for one year, 
after three notices from the Treasurer, shall 
be dropped. 

article fifth. 

Oncers. 

Section 1. The officers shall be a President, 
three Vice-Presidents, Recording Secretary, 
Corresponding Secretary, Registrar, Treasurer, 
and Historian, who shall all serve two years. 

Sec. 2. Vacancies occurring may be filled by 
the Executive Committee, which consists of the 
active officers of the Club. 



ARTICLE SIXTH. 

Amendments. 

Section 1. No alterations or amendments tc 
this Constitution can be made from the date 
of its adoption, November 15, 1906, for two 
years thereafter, and before further alterations 
and amendments can be made a period of two 
years shall intervene, and all action must be 
ratified by a two-thirds vote of members pres-r 
ent at annual business meeting. 

Sec, 2, Six months notice of any alterationjf 
and amendments shall be given, I 

ARTICLE seventh. 

Meetings — Washington City. 

Section 1, Annual meetings (on February 
second, anniversary of signing the Treaty 
of Peace at Guadalupe Hidalgo, February 2,! 
1848), for social purposes only. 

Sec. 2. Regular monthly meetings on third 
Monday of each month at 7.30 p. m., Novem- 
ber to May, Special meetings at the call of 
the President, or at written request signed b^' 
five members. 

Sec. 3. Annual business meeting in Novem 
ber, anniversary of organization. ' 

ARTICLE EIGHTH. 

Order of Business. 

1. Meeting called to order. 

2. Minutes of previous meeting. 

3. Reports of officers. 

4. Reports of Committees. 

5. Unfinished business. 

6. Election of candidates. 

7. New business. 

8. Adjournment. 



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